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Do you have sealed battery cables? If you have the ones that are stripped with a clamp (shown below), then you should change the cables out to sealed.

You don't want corrosion on your cables or battery. Follow these instructions to clean and prevent corrosion on your battery. The corrosion may be hindering the connection of the battery post/screw and cable.

If you havent replaced the battery I would start there. If the battery has a dead cell in it then it will effectively remove the charge that your alternator is putting out causing your vehicle to stop running because it has no power. I would jump start the car without the battery hook up and remove the cables and see if it runs that way. If it does you have a bad battery.

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Sort of indicates the electrical distribution needs attention. Good that you replaced the battery and alternator but you still have an issue with some power loss, like wiggling wires restores connectivity. Start at the battery, use a wire brush, and some water mixed with baking soda if you see any green or powdery corrosion to dip your battery cable ends in. Usually the wire brush cleans well enough, you want all connections shiny metal to metal contact. Follow both cables and the splices or pigtails to where they connect, like that alternate positive post. The more you can remove, clean, and retighten all the connections you can, the more likely you wont have such gremlins reappear.

REPLACE BATTERY CABLES THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE COULD BE SHORTING TO GROUND.REPLACE STARTER SOLENOID IF NOT BEEN REPLACED.BESURE TO PLACE BACK FLEXIBLE CONDUIT THAT GOES AROUND POSITIVE BATTERY KEEP FROM SHORTING TO GROUND. LAST TIME I SEEN BATTERY CABLES OVER HEAT WAS EITHER STARTER AND SOLENOID SHORTING OUT OR VERY LOOSE BATTERY CABLES CONNECTIONS. REPLACE BATTERY CABLES IF THEY ARE MELTED HAVE STARTER CHECKED OUT YOU COULD HAVE FAULTY STARTER STILL.

do you have 2 wires , plus the positive battery cable, if so , i believe the 2 wires went to the solenoid, if you only had 1 wire and a positive battery cable, then the 1 wire went to the solenoid, and positive cable went to the starter.

1,) crawl under the hood and locate the lock for the hood. it should be just behind the radiator.

2.) stick your hand up until you feel the cable. you have 2 choices.. a. cut the housing from the cable and pull the cable itself to open the hood b.) trace the cable up until you find the lock the cable pulls and use a long screw driver to pry it loose.

or.

1.) remove the driver side tire. (yes jack the car up.2.) reach under and locate the main harness.

3.) locate a red wire in the harness, A THICK WIRE OR THE MAIN POWER WIRE.

4.) splice it, connect it to another battery POS terminal. connect the negative from the battery to the ground of the car. Now you have power :)

gotta love chevy, ill be glad to help, first unhook your battery cables, then ther will be a wire going to the back of your alternator,where it attatches to the alt. there will be a small rubber cover. slide the rubber cover back to reveal a small nut holding the cabl on. remove it. next ther is a small plastic plug also on the back of the alternator. unplug it. the using a 1/2 wrench loosin the bolt on the upper right hand side of the alternator. then using a 9/16 ratchet or wrench lossen the long bolt on the bottem left(keep in mind this is while facing the car from the front) then pivot the upper end of the alt. to the right. this will loosen the belt, remove the bellt, and last remove the two bolts all the way and alternaror will come free. good luck

Have you had your Battery,starter and alternator checked? if starter or alternator bad will drain battery. If battery is bad will damage alternator over period of time. If not changed. Also check your battery cables, make sure your +/- is without corrosion. Possible voltage regulator.Hope this helps..Sviguerias@yahoo.com